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HOPPING From the makers of the original pogo stick comes ? a super pogo stick! Invented by M.I.T.-trained physicist Bruce Middleton and developed with champion skateboarder Andy Macdonald, the Flybar mobile exercise and stunt bar enables riders to clear heights greater than 6 ft. by bouncing on a rubber-like spring system that feels similar to a trampoline...
Okay, hang on, now I’m really confused. And it’s all NBC’s fault. In what may be one of the most earnest November Sweeps stunts in recent memory, the network ran a televised debate between two fictional candidates on “The West Wing” last Sunday—live. Clearly, NBC is desperately trying to re-energize the veteran series. Apparently I’m not the only one who misses the marvelous alliteration of “West Wing Wednesday.” Sweeps stunt aside, the show?...
...wages, we support these other demands as they will do wonders towards creating a culture respectful of family values. Harvard employees are a valuable and important part of the community. They should be allowed to enjoy time with their families and care for relatives in times of need. The stunt of showing up at Summers’ door has drawn some criticism, criticism which is unfair. In their quest to raise wages and receive more benefits, custodians need to generate all the media attention they can. These custodians, SLAM, and their supporters have to fight the apathy of the general...
...against an ever more global agricultural industry in which produce travels, on average, 1,500 miles from farm to plate. Posters around the University of Portland campus proclaimed that BUYING LOCAL FOOD IS ONE WAY YOU CAN HELP STOP GLOBAL WARMING ... AIR AND WATER POLLUTION. A racier consciousness-raising stunt was staged at Brown University, where activists published Ripe, a 2005 calendar featuring naked students posing with strategically positioned Rhode Island fruits and vegetables (for August, cantaloupes rest on the buttocks of the women's soccer team...
...wrap-up where the bad get punished, the lovers unite and the world is set "right" again. Given its title, Tricked seems to be exploring the ways we trick others, and ourselves, but the structure of the book has little to do with this and seems more like a stunt than a marriage of form with theme...